The rhetorical presidency of George H.W. Bush
By: edited by Martin J. Medhurst.
Contributors: Medhurst, Martin J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Presidential rhetoric series ;; no. 14
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Bush, George, 1924- -- Oratory.; Bush, George, 1924- -- Language.; Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Communication in politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-1993.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Why rhetoric matters : George Bush in the White House / by Martin J. Medhurst; title: George Bush's struggle with the "vision thing" / by Catherine L. Langford; title: And the wall came tumbling down : Bush's rhetoric of silence during German reunification / by William Forrest Harlow; title: Agency and agent in George Bush's Gulf War rhetoric / by Rachel Martin Harlow; title: The new world order : President Bush and the post-Cold War era / by Roy Joseph; title: Political truancy : George Bush's claim to the mantle of "education president" / by Holly G. McIntush; title: Prudence, procrastination, or politics : George Bush and the Earth Summit of 1992 / by Martín Carcasson; title: George Bush and the religious right / by Amy Tilton Jones; title: Economically speaking : George Bush and the price of perception / by Wynton C. Hall; title: Afterword : evaluating the rhetorical presidency of George Bush / by Martin J. Medhurst.